Brassiere



Jan. 5 1954 A. FINKELSTEIN BRASSIERE Filed March 30, 1951 m m m m 30 3/ 2 y KAAl-IAM Fw/ras Tf/N l a Y8 A T TOR NE Y.

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Thisin en gnaela es a r It is an object set is br i ra n h ch t hr hel n Q held, place; upon thebody in a master" It a matter qt ecttenrev de aaelas b circling support at the bottom "of-"the breast pocketsin a manner which; nevertheless will hold' the pockets. in .proper. .positionron. the body.-

JItis-ka furtherobjectst provide a brassiere which may be. made. either-strapless Io'r: =-wit h strap butwhicnin ny case-will cling tothe body.- throughout the .peripherykof the. breast pockets. i e

, The invention. accordingly comprises an. art-ti: cle of manufacture possessing the features, properties and the relation of elements which will be exemplified in the article herein described and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the claims.

For a fuller understanding of the nature and objects of the invention, reference should be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a shoulder strap brassiere of this invention upon a person;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the brassiere in extended position;

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the central portion of the brassire of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 44 of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 5 is a modification in which no shoulder straps are used.

The brassire consists of a front portion and body encircling portions l I attached to the front portion in the usual manner by side seams l2, the back portions being provided with fasteners l3.

The front portion is composed of an outer layer M which comprises the breast pockets l and an inner layer I lying below the central portion of the breasts and carrying certain elastic supporting elements. These two layers are joined together and joined to the back portions II at the seam l2.

In the outer layer l4 it is the breast pocket sections l0 that are sewed into the seams l2, while the pockets themselves are joined at the center b wo se tions.- 1.6. illflfi: ate ial. which are.

ated below the nippleoi the, breastpocketwhere is s wed; qi an ela tic port on .9. hav n lateral ast i by a e m. which. is jo ned to. the.

l w r portion oi the inner ed e. f the. r ast Pack ts c n i uation. t. the seams 1s.

yex ends. 1 1 1, the point; k9 on eachbrea t, mp s as roi the-adiace at seam. 1.2, and. I. s}? aps sts ti ns fi; e tendtrom t ese. ame

a n s. :8. downwardly and inwardl to meet ach other at a point 24 on the center spam I]; andeach hey. elm-Y s; a r-ta anoint. 2.5; on t e. ast c pori e 4-9:. whe e he ba k; ow owa d t e. enter-M meet a h. o e a a n. at a. point 2.6,: pz e etmssli a t he lastic or ion fl, These We e' es e are D rablyi nited into a single'piece at nointwzsv Shoulder straps 21 extend from the point [9 to a suitable point 28 on the back portion I I.

The inner layer l5 comprises an inextensible central section 21, which is higher at the center line where it is sewed to the elastic portion 20 along the central seam l1, and has its upper edge curved downwardly as it comes on to the breast of the wearer as shown at 29. Near each outer edge, this central section 21 in sewed by a seam 30 to a laterally extensible elastic section 3|, the other end of which is held within the seam l 2.

With this construction, it follows that as the garment is stretched between the seams l2, the outer layer will stretch at the central elastic section 20, while the inner layer is stretched at the elastic portions 3| and there is no point at which one elastic portion overlies the other. It has been found that with this construction the inner layer l5 serves a purpose somewhat resembling an elastic belt, in holding the breast cups down. Should, however, a bodily movement, such for example as reaching, raise one of the breasts above the quiescent position, the breast cup may rise with it due to the elasticity of the elastic 20, Without in any way disturbing the inner layer l5. Thus, as soon as the stretching ends, the elastics 3| will pull the outerlayer back to its quiescent position just as though it had never been disturbed. At the same time, the inner section, firmly held around the body and sewed. into seam I1 pulls the breast pockets back to central position whenever the strain is released.

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Thus, the inner layer serves a purpose analogous to an elastic belt, in holding the brassiere in place, and yet because the breast pockets are not attached to the inner layer at the bottom, the breast pockets can yield with the body and yet return to normal position as soon as the strain is released.

In the form of the invention disclosed in Fig. 5, in p1ace. of the shoulder strap 21 there is provided a, wire iorm32 extending from the bottom of one side seam l2 at 33 upwardly, encircling the top of the breast pocket as at 34, then downwardly to meet the middle seam, H at 35, and then upwardly encircling the top of the other "breast pocket as at 36 and down .to the bottom of the other side seam 12 at 31. 'The construc-' tion is otherwise identical with that of'Fig. 1'

I prefer to apply a diamond shape reinforce ment ornamental piece 40, extending from the apex of the breast pocket substantially to the bottom of the pocket; which may be applied by a series of rows of stitching 4| parallelto the sides of the piece as shown at 41. This piece serves not only to stifien the lower wall of the pocket and thus maintain the shape, but it also serves to ornament the brassiere.

At the rear end of each of the body encircling pieces II, I prefer to provide an elastic member 43, to provide elasticity at that point.

Since certain changes may be made in the above construction and different embodiments of the invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that ll matter contained in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and notin a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the following claims are intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described, and all statements of the scope of the invention which as a matter of language might be said to fall therebetween.

What is claimed is:

1. A brassiere comprising a front panel portion having a back body encircling portion secured to the side edges of the front panel portion, said front portion having a pair of breast pockets, each merging at its lower edge into a circumferentially extending portion, each of said pockets and circumferential portion being attached to said back body encircling portions at its side edge, and said circumferential portion being connected at the center by a laterally elastic fabric, said front portion having also an inner layer having a central strain resisting band underlying said first mentioned elastic fabric, and being connected to each back body encircling portion by a laterally elastic fabric of shorter length than the circumferential"portion, and of a width to lie Wholly below the breast pockets.

2. A device according to claim 1, having a net portion connecting said breast pockets above the first named elastic portion, and being attached to the top of said elastic portion.

3. A device according to claim 1, having a porous portion connecting said breast pockets above said first mentioned elastic portion and means for supporting the top edge of the breast pockets.

ABRAHAM FINKELSTEEN'.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,432,477 Roth Oct. 17, 1922 1,640,823 Cunningham Aug. 30, 1927 2,239,056 Schiffer Apr. 22, 1941 2,284,382 Elberfeld May 26, 1942 2,497,324 Schenkman Feb. 14, 1950 2,512,215 Rosenthal et a1. June 20, 1950 2,541,147 Becker Feb. 13, 1951 

